Changing Climate

The Biden administration says it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month

The “dicaprio tree” is a small tropical evergreen tree with yellow flowers growing from its trunk.

Britain’s Prince William has appealed for innovators around the world to submit nominations for his Earthshot Prize, a competition aimed at finding new ways to tackle climate change.

Ice scientists say they worry most about the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica and how much the melting ice shelf can add to already rising seas.

Experts say the winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s front range was rare.

To be sure, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas, is the chief driver of the climate emergency.

A leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity” has died

Rapid ice melt from the Himalayan glaciers threatens agriculture and water supply for millions of people in South Asia.

The Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases, reversing a Trump-era rollback.

A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, with a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of cars and trucks five years later.

A revamped federal flood insurance program means higher rates for many homeowners — including in areas where coverage isn’t required because the government previously deemed them low or moderate risk

The Yasuní National Park in Ecuador is home to one of the most diverse collections of plants and animals on the planet. But beneath this 3,800-square-mile swath of forest lies another kind of treasure: crude oil. More than 1 billion barrels of it.